Young mothers often panic when a newborn, a few weeks after arriving from the hospital, begins to have a severe stomachache. However, how not to worry if the baby screams, blushes, squeezes his legs and all wrinkles of pain! However, almost every mother should be ready for this.
In pediatrics, this is the norm.
In newborns, the process of getting used to the gastrointestinal tract to new living conditions, as well as to eating, is often accompanied by increased gas formation and, as a result, bloating. As a result, the baby has intestinal colic, which in pediatrics is considered the norm.
To ease the suffering, dill water for the baby will help. This tool is time-tested, it was used by our grandmothers, and today pediatricians prescribe babies.
How to make dill water?
You can make it yourself, or you can buy it in a pharmacy. The home-made way to make dill water will cost, of course, cheaper. To do this, you just need dill seeds, which will need to be brewed.
So, how to brew dill water? Take one teaspoon of dill seeds and fill them with a glass (200 ml) of boiling water. We insist for about an hour, then filter. It is better to cook it every day and give it fresh.
Dill water for babies can be prepared in another way. Fennel oil is purchased in a pharmacy and 0.05 g is diluted in a liter of purified water. You can use the resulting solution within 30 days. Fennel is a medicinal plant whose seeds are very similar to dill seeds. They have a calming, antibacterial and antispasmodic effect, therefore, they are used not only in the treatment of increased gas formation in children, but also in other drugs.
Dill Water Procedure
Dill water for babies, prepared taking into account all conditions, is given to him 3 times a day, preferably after feeding or between feedings. You need to start with one teaspoon. After you make sure that there is no allergic reaction, the dose can be increased and dill water can be given directly from the bottle or by mixing it into the mixture. But if the baby is breast-fed, then continue to drink it with dill water using a teaspoon, increasing the number of meals per day up to 6 times.
Intestinal colic begins to calm down after 15 minutes
after taking dill water.
Analogs of dill water
Dill water for babies is not the only tool that can help cope with intestinal colic. In pharmacies, special herbal teas and some other drugs are sold, the basis of which are fennel fruits. For example, the known drug "Plantex", which is sold packaged in bags in a dry form, can be used from the 2nd week of life. Before use, it must be diluted in boiled water at room temperature. Effective drugs also include Espumisan and Sub-Simplex. Of course, before you start giving them to your baby, you should consult your doctor-pediatrician.
The main thing is not to panic if a newborn baby has a stomachache and intestinal colic begins. Dill water will help you cope with them.